Pictures and some information about the individuals in your club will be displayed here as it comes to hand. Please check back for updates. To our Committee & members, looking forward to your pics & info!!
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Jo Davis, Editor, & Public
Officer Ø “Hi, my name is Jo Davis and I have been a member of Hoofbeats for about 18months. I grew up on a 1000acre property in country NSW – Bathurst. My parents bred Arabians in the 1970’s to late 80’s. I believe I was extremely lucky to have been brought up on a working horse breeding farm, and have never been without a horse (or three!) in my life. I moved to Sydney in December 2001…to explore the bright lights of the city. You can take the girl out of the country, but you can never take the country out of the girl! I currently live in Box Hill with my partner Paul, and our two Jack Russell Terriers, one moggy cat, and two horses all on 2 ½ acres. Since moving to Sydney I have become a Riding for Disabled Association (RDA) coach at the Ryde Centre and volunteer at the centre 2nd and 4th Saturday’s of each month. This is very rewarding activity and I have a couple of riders that compete at both Regional and State Level RDA competitions, including both Dressage and Mounted Games. |
Unfortunately I suffered a rather nasty fall in November last year, and discovered that at nearly 30, I don’t bounce like I did in my teenage years. Since then my riding confidence has suffered immensely. I have been lucky enough to ‘acquire’ two (older) gentlemen in the form of Diesel – a beautiful 16yo QH gelding, and Duke – a 16yo Appaloosa gelding. The hope is that these two boys will allow me to regain the confidence and get back out not only competing, but also having fun…Hoofbeats fun!” |
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× Dodi Rogan,
Vice President, Dressage Coordinator & Web site Hi, I am Dodi, & I joined Hoofbeats in August 2005, straight after one of our lovely cob mares was started under saddle. Hoofbeats' gave me a great opportunity to get a very young & green horse out & about (Chandon, pictured left top). I live at Ebenezer with my husband, our two daughters, ten horses (at last count) three dogs, two kittens and a chicken. We breed Welsh Cob's (section D's) & spend most of our time at Ag shows, or at Hoofbeats. Both of our daughters attend Pony Club, so when we aren't 'Hoofbeating' or showing we are at pony club! My husband recently bought me a lovely dressage hack for my birthday, (Teo pictured left), so aside from our Cob's I am enjoying riding a nice quiet gentleman, who has lots of experience. Although I have been riding since I was a child; following the birth of our children, & a couple of nasty falls off young 'just-broken' horses very recently (& a broken tailbone) my confidence has taken a backward step or two. "Teo" & Hoofbeats is my recipe to recovery, & I'm loving every minute of it.
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Robyn Reed, Rally Days Ø My passion for horses has existed for as long as I can remember. I drove my parents to distraction constantly asking for a pony. The fact that we lived in a flat was irrelevant to me. Finally they agreed that I could have a pony if I saved up for one. At 10 years of age, I had saved enough to purchase a pony & all the essential gear, so mum & dad got stuck with the agistment & feed bills. I spent the next eight years progressing through Pony Club & competing at shows. I joined Hoofbeats about 6 years ago at a time when I didn't have a horse. I had a go at running the Show Jumping for one year, then enjoyed running the Rally Days for a couple of years. I was overwhelmed with the number of Hoobeaters who offered me a horse to ride for different events. In August 2005, Helen Hackett & I, leased Bobby from club member Juliet Burnett & he is such fun to ride, that I am taking rest from the committee to enjoy him to the fullest. However in the New Year if someone offers to help so that I can still ride, I could be persuaded to get involved with Rally Days again.
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× Dee Thornthwaite, Trail
Ride Organiser
Hi Everyone, my name is Deidre Thornthwaite, but my friends just call me Dee. I am in charge of trail rides for Hoofbeats and the more I ride, the more I want to ride !
I did not get anywhere near a
horse until I was 41 years old, but I am doing my best to
make up for all that lost time. My theme for everything is,
"18 till I die" as Brian Adams put it so well in his famous
song.
I have done a fair bit of riding
the Blue Mountains area and out as far as Capertee, just
magnificent country, we are so lucky to call this place
home. I worked for some years in the Megalong Valley as a
trail guide, and I have 3 beautiful horses, "Cheyenne Little
Brave", 21 year old grey Arab X Mountain Pony (with grunt),
he is such a show off ! " Aztec Banjo" 18 year old bay
Anglo-Arab X ("Man from Snowy River") type, who I used as my
guide horse when I was working in the Megalong and I have a
28 year old grey Appaloosa called "Apache Smoke", who I
don't ride often but some of my friends use, and he goes
like a rocket.
As you might have noticed by the
names of my horses I have a great passion for the Native
American Indian.
Last year I rode down in the
Snowy Mountains High Country with Blue Mountains Trail
Riding Club and it was fantastic, cant wait to be able to
return and do that again. I live at Yarraman, Yarramundi
with my hubby and horses. I have a grown up family, 2
daughters and 1 son and I have a grandson and a
granddaughter.
I hope to see you one day at a
Hoofbeats trail ride and get to share the greatest horse
experience of them all with you. TRAIL RIDING !!
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